Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1887-05-24

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fAcroRy ESrERrRIsE
The beautiful village Of Dixheld !.
situated In the eastern rart Of 0lf,rd
County, on he Andr '.cos 10 River. aud
ten miles north from Canton. the tsfmi.
nus Of the Ramford Falls 4 Buckhsld
X. X.
Crossing the Androscogsin Aboat one.
quarter OF a mile below the vill.gr, on
the ferry boat. known a. Browns Ferry.
and for many years run b. Mr.. Blown,
the fr, place Of business We come to Is
the blacksmith shop Of Joseph I. Ed
munds. who i owner and proprietor.
Mr.. Edmunds has. for many years. been
the village blacksmith. aud now occu.
pie. the shop where his father. the late
Eli Edmund., used TO work twenty or
more year. ago. Joe Is ,ip.,op good
fellow. and II you have horse thA, IN.
terisys OF oysueaehes he will tx II fof
YOU he /. also trainer and driver OF
ifo,,ing horses. and has now tine
youag horse which be hA. trained that
h. woa several races. Joe Is well
known TO the horemen Of OAford
County.
We next come to the building owned
by Jane. l.. Johnston. once occupied by
the late Calvin Stanley. E'q.. who was
q shoemaker. Mr. John.toa IL POST
master herr. and since hi. appointment
la, purchased aud fitted up this building
into nea, and eonyenieat office. lie l.
a hsrnes.maksr by trade. add also Z.
tonsofi.l artist. aud any time you wan,
t. shave or hair cut. We advise you 10
call on him.
Ns,i in order i, the drug store Of w.
5 Cna,e. E.q.. who slSsy. has on hand
a fine assortment OF drug. groceries. etc
Mr.. Chase IL . business man Ia every
respect. aud /. the owner u . erAnberr,
bog Of several acres. near the village.
from which be raise. large crop yearly
Mr Chase ha. recently f0und q nes way
Of putting up ersnbefris.. which bids
fair 10 make con.ideisb!e bushes. lie
has. ~e unde-,And. already received
quite An order from the Poland Spring
House. ior ,hi. sauce. which he puts up
in glass jr.
", nov come 10 the dry and fancy
good. store Of Frank Stanley. Chairmsn
Of the Board Of Sslscimen Of this tosn.
and for number Of year, Postmaster
Any one in wan, OF boots, shoes or rub
b,r,. dry or fancy goods. OF groceries.
will DO well 70 give him q call. Mr
stanley. other business will not allo"
him 10 be In the store much Of the time,
bu, ,oa will fad hi. clerk. Peter Barrett.
Away, ready TO wal, upon customers IN
his agreeable and pleasing msnn'r Mr.
stanley b. already built several toe
house, in ,hi, village. aud is no" PrePar'
ing 10 build another lie Is also lnier.
,.,ed in the spool factory which !. abou,
10 be bull, here. Of which We will speak
later on.
We now ero.. the stree, Main - }
and step into the store occupied by wm
q. H.rlow, in the large brick block
bull, by the late IIon. Eloridse q. Hr.
low. and here We fad a large stock OF
clothing. boots. shoes and ruboef', gro
eerie., etc, fresh from the city. ahd at
prices ,ha, suit all.
Amer leaving Mr.. HUlowIs store we
come TO the store reeea,ly fitted uP by
George Brown, where may always be
found fresh meat, Of al kinds, groceries.
tobacco aud eissr; also quite a stock oil
musical instruments. Mr.. Brown u
musician himself and thoroughly under
stands the business.
Nov We vii! Gro. Main Street again
aud call q, the hardware store OF I. l..
Dillingham;, where /. 20 be found one OF
the best hardware stores this side OF the
city. Mr.. Dillingham; learned hi' trade
OF Wallace Ea.,i,, who used to be IN
the hardware bu,ines, in ,hi, same store
and ai,erward bought Ea',i' out. Mt
Dillingham; /. = fr,.elsss workman aud
i, liked by all.
After leaving Mr Dillinshams. We
20 an the stree, little way and come to
the harness shop Il Henry w. Harlow.
Henry learned hi, trade OF James i.
Johnston, and i, good workman; he
hasa good stock Of ready made harnesses
on hand, and any one 10 wan, OF good
h.rne.. will do well TO give him call
We now cross the street and come to
the drug store Of W. s. Chase X Son,
and find /, In charge Of Fred Chase. who
has recently purchased !, OF l.. q. Rey'
nolds, E.q.. who is interested in the
spool factory enterprise here.
Now we will take a look At the mills
on the bank Of webbs River: firs' IN
order i. the gri., mill owned by Charles
Stanley. The old mill tha, used to
stand here was burned few years ago
and a new one has since been bailt by
II. o. Stanley and William Fields. Mr.
Stanley bough, the mill Of Henry Stan
ley abou, five years ago. lie keeps con-
st.n,ly on hsnd large stock OF Hour
corn and meal, and has . nice carding
machine in the same building.
jus, above this Is the furniture FAC
tory Of William Pa,nAm, where he EN-.
p.oys three or four hands mos, OF the
time. lie /, foe workman himself
and consequently turns out good work
lie makes a speciality Of ehsmber.'et..
Just above this Is the saw mill o'
| Chase & willouehby. where q, this time
Of the year three OF four hands are kept
busy saving lumber aud shingles The
old saw mill that used to stand where
this one now does. was also burned al
the same time the gfist mill was. oT-
ing 10 the large amount OF building 70
be done here ihi. season, they have all
they can do. =,
Nov we will take look al the hotel,
known as the National House. which
stands on the corner OF Main aud Weld
Streets. Tnis Is large four story build
ing. owned by William w. Smith. Mr.
Smith having to be away the greater
part Of the time. the house Is Ia eharg'
Of DR.. q. q. Richardson. Who IL q fret.
ella. landlord. Thi, hotel is flled
every summer with ei,y company, ~hc
come here for health aud recreation